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Paper 3 Extended
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100
110 C
Fig. 1.1
(i)
In the process of making the thermometer, the scale divisions were spaced equally.
What assumption was made about the liquid?
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(ii)
Suggest two changes to the thermometer that would require the spacing of the scale
divisions to be larger.
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(iii)
As a result of the changes in (ii), what other change is needed to enable the thermometer
to be used for the same temperature range?
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(b) The expansion of a liquid is an example of a physical property that may be used to measure
temperature.
State two other physical properties that may also be used to measure temperature.
1. the ................................................................. of .................................................................
2. the ................................................................. of .................................................................
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A student has a large number of coins of different diameters, all made of the same metal. She
wishes to find the density of the metal by a method involving placing the coins in water.
(a) State the formula needed to calculate the density.
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(b) Describe how the measurements of the required quantities are carried out.
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(c) State one precaution taken when carrying out the measurements in (b) to ensure that the
result is as accurate as possible.
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(a) On a day with no wind, a fountain in Switzerland propels 30 000 kg of water per minute to a
height of 140 m.
Calculate the power used in raising the water.
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Fig. 4.1 shows a heavy ball B of weight W suspended from a fixed beam by two ropes P and Q.
beam
Q
P
30 N
30 N
45
45
B
W
Fig. 4.1
P and Q are both at an angle of 45 to the horizontal. The tensions in P and Q are each 30 N.
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(a) In the space below, draw a scale diagram to find the resultant of the tensions in P and Q. Use
a scale of 1.0 cm to represent 5.0 N. Label the forces and show their directions with arrows.
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(a) A water tank has a rectangular base of dimensions 1.5 m by 1.2 m and contains 1440 kg of
water.
Calculate
(i)
1.4 m
P
Q
Fig. 5.1
(i)
The density of water is 1000 kg / m3. The pressures exerted by the water on the base of
the two tanks are equal.
Calculate this pressure.
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gas
Fig. 6.1
(a) Describe the motion of the molecules of the gas.
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(b) The piston is now slowly pushed down to decrease the volume of the gas. The temperature of
the gas does not change.
(i)
State and explain, in terms of molecules, what happens to the pressure of the gas.
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(ii)
Before pushing the piston down, the pressure of the gas was 1.0 105 Pa. Pushing the
piston down reduces the volume of the gas from 500 cm3 to 240 cm3.
Calculate the final pressure of the gas.
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During boiling, vapour can form at any point within the liquid.
(b) A pan containing water boiling at 100 C is standing on an electrically heated hot-plate. In
20 minutes, 0.075 kg of water is lost as steam. The specific latent heat of vaporisation of
water is 2.25 106 J / kg.
(i)
Suggest why the answers to (b)(i) and (b)(ii) are not the same.
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(a) Draw a straight line from each quantity on the left-hand side to a speed on the right-hand side
which is typical for that quantity.
30 m / s
300 m / s
3000 m / s
30 000 m / s
300 000 m / s
[2]
displacement
0
0
Fig. 8.1
(i)
On Fig. 8.1, sketch two cycles of a sound wave that has a shorter wavelength and a
greater amplitude.
[2]
(ii)
State two changes in the sound heard from this wave compared with the original wave.
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2. .......................................................................................................................................
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In the circuit shown in Fig. 9.1, resistors can be connected between terminals P and Q. The e.m.f.
of the battery is 6.0 V.
6.0 V
A
P
Q
Fig. 9.1
(a) Calculate the current shown by the ammeter when a 12.0 resistor and a 4.0 resistor are
(i)
(ii)
(c) The 12.0 and 4.0 resistors in (a) are wires of the same length and are made of the same
alloy.
Calculate the ratio:
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10 Fig. 10.1 shows a coil of wire rotating steadily in the magnetic field between the poles of a
permanent magnet. The current generated in the coil is to pass through resistor R.
rotation of
coil
coil
D
R
Fig. 10.1
(a) The apparatus in Fig. 10.1 is part of an a.c. generator. What is connected between the ends A
and B of the coil and the connections C and D?
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(b) (i)
On Fig. 10.2, sketch a graph to show the variation with time of the current through R. [1]
current
0
time
Fig. 10.2
(ii)
On Fig. 10.2, show the time T corresponding to one complete rotation of the coil.
(iii)
State two ways in which the graph would be different if the coil spins at a faster rate.
[1]
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(c) Suggest what could be connected between C and R so that the current in R is always in the
same direction.
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11 (a) Complete the table below for the three types of radiation.
radiation
nature
electromagnetic
radiation
charge
stopped by
negative
thick paper
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(iii)
(iv)
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